KSC-01PP-1274 - STS-104 Atlantis on pad after RSS rollback
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Workers clean the mobile launcher platform on which sits Space
Shuttle Atlantis. They are standing in front of one of two tail service masts on either side
of the Shuttle, in front of each wing. The masts support the fluid, gas and electrical
requirements of the orbiters liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen aft T-0 umbilicals. Launch on
mission STS-104 is scheduled for 5:04 a.m. July 12. The launch is the 10th assembly flight
to the International Space Station. Along with a crew of five, Atlantis will carry the joint
airlock module as primary payload.
07/11/2001